Nine countries have already reached the UNAIDS 95-95-95 HIV targets through community health workers, accessible testing, and data-driven decisions. Their innovations offer critical lessons for ending the global AIDS epidemic by 2030.
In South Africa’s Eastern Cape, mentor mothers — HIV-positive women turned health workers — are transforming rural maternal care, proving that peer support can bridge critical healthcare gaps.
Last time we learned about Dr. Thuy Le’s inspiration and mentorship that serve as a compass for her journey as a researcher in talaromycosis. Let’s dive deeper in this story to learn about her challenges and achievements, and her work at the Tropical Medicine Research Center (TMRC) in Vietnam and Duke University in the US.
Dr. Jean William “Bill” Pape, founder of GHESKIO health clinics in Haiti, has provided free healthcare services for over four decades, pioneering treatments for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and cardiovascular disease while facing unprecedented challenges.
Dr. Le, working in Vietnam and the US, has devoted her career to finding better diagnostics and treatments for talaromycosis, a rare and usually fatal fungal disease in HIV-infected people.